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Association between the ACTN3 R577X polymorphism and female endurance athletes in China.
International journal of sports medicine - 1 Dec 2010
Shang X, Huang C, Chang Q, Zhang L, Huang T
Abstract excerpt
The α-actinin 3 ( ACTN3) gene is absent in 18% of healthy white individuals owing to homozygosity for a premature stop codon polymorphism (rs1815739) and is only expressed in the Z line of fast glycolytic muscle fibres. Previous studies have shown highly significant association between ACTN3 geno...
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